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Akpotok Island, Newfoundland, May 1956

Date of account
1956-05
Location
Akpotok Island, Newfoundland
Source
uap_archive
Record updated
2026-10-10

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Project Blue Book case file indexed from National Archives metadata; page-level review pending.

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PROJECT 10073RECORD CARD 12.CONCLUSIONS 2.LOCATION 1.DATE 口 Was Balloon Probably Balloon Akpotok Island, Newfoundlar 20 May 1956 口 Possibly Balloon 4.TYPE OF OBSERVATION 3.DATE-TIME GROUP 口 Was Aircraft Ground-Visual Ground-Radar 口 Probobly Aircroft Local 口 Possibly Aireraft Air-Intercept Radar GMT 20/0410Z XRAirVisual 口 Was Astronomical Meteor 6.SOURCE 5.PHOTOS 口 Probably Astronomicai Yes 4 Dx Possibly Astronomical RCAF-Pilot & co-pilot DC XOKNO 9.COURSE 口 Other. 8.NUMBER OF OBJECTS 口 Insufficiont Data for Evaluation 7.LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 口 Unknown 4-5 seconds one 11.COMMENTS 10. SRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING Meteor sighting. Object shaped as a ball of fire trailing light, color orange. Esti- mated speed of 600-1090 knots per hour. Pilot and co-pilot did not think it was star. ATIC FORM 329(REV 26SEP 52)

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